News in Bath/Topsham/Harpswell

RSU 1 weighs per-pupil cost-sharing formula

BATH — A committee reviewing the effectiveness of the Regional School Unit 1 formula for sharing costs across its communities is considering a per-student assessment model, Superintendent Patrick Manuel said Wednesday. Representatives from all five communities have been meet...

Alex Lear • News •

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 1:40 pm

WCME returns to Brunswick airwaves promising local focus

BRUNSWICK — Radio industry veteran Jim Bleikamp revived WCME in October after several years of dead air, and said he hopes to make the station a profitable venture by focusing on community news. "We feel there will be a relationship between the extent to which we're involved in this ...

Dylan Martin • News •

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 1:20 pm

Topsham board corrects truck purchase

TOPSHAM — The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Oct. 25 to purchase a pickup truck from O'Connor GMC, correcting a decision the panel had made a week before. The board voted Oct. 18 to buy the Public Works Department truck from Goodwin Chevrolet. Goodwin had submitted a bid of nea...

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Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 1:20 pm

Bath museum celebrates 5 decades of maritime culture

BATH — What started as a maritime history book project has led, 50 years later, to a museum lauded around the world. The Maine Maritime Museum is celebrating its golden anniversary by launching a new exhibit, "Ahead Full at Fifty," recognizing the establishment's collection of histor...

Alex Lear • News •

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 11:00 am

After 3 years, Harpswell library renovations nearly complete

HARPSWELL — The renovation of the Orr's Island Library is nearly complete after three years of construction and an outpouring of local and national financial support. The library's treasurer, John Webster, said the $450,000 project has raised about $360,000 in cash don...

Dylan Martin • News •

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 7:30 am

Loring Edward Hart, 88: Educator and Army veteran

FALMOUTH—Loring Edward Hart, 88, died Oct. 19 in Falmouth after a full and eventful life. Hart was born in Bath in 1924 to Joseph Edward and Elizabeth Hayes Hart.

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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Occupy Maine sets focus on home foreclosures

PORTLAND — Members of Occupy Maine are focusing their efforts on housing foreclosures and providing support to Mainers struggling through the process.

Marena Blanchard • News •

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 12:20 pm

Ballot boxes fill in southern Maine as early voting wraps up

PORTLAND — Absentee ballots and early voters are keeping election clerks busy. But as the Nov. 1 deadline for early voting looms, some towns have seen declines in early voting compared to the last general election in 2008. The ballots remain sealed until Election Day, but in t...

David Harry • News •

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 11:50 am

CMP: Harpswell residents face several days without electricity

HARPSWELL — Nearly 2,500 residents were without power Tuesday morning after Hurricane Sandy. Central Maine Power Co. spokesman John Carroll said 2,469 customers didn't have electricity as of 9:30 a.m. He said it may take several days to restore power for some of them, while CMP asses...

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 11:00 am

Businesses optimistic as Downeaster rolls into Freeport, Brunswick

FREEPORT — Business owners and residents are hoping the extension of Amtrak Downeaster service to Freeport and Brunswick on Thursday will be an economic boon, but no one really knows what to expect. “We haven't established any metric that can demonstrate success,” Sande U...

Will Graff • News •

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 9:50 am